Sierra Front-Northern Great Basin RAC Members

Each RAC consists of a 15-member advisory panel that provides advice and recommendations to the BLM on resource and land management for 47.5 million acres (67 percent of the state) of BLM-administered lands in Nevada.

RAC members represent a broad range of interests in three general categories, with five members assigned to each category. Selection committees strive to balance RAC membership with a diverse representation of interests between and across categories each year.

Category 1

Category 1 members represent commercial interests such as:

• Livestock grazing - Tim Dufurrena
• Energy and Minerals - Shawn Collins
• Energy and Minerals - Erica Freese
• Transportation & Right-of Ways - Matthew Gingerich
• Transportation & Right-of-Ways - Paul Scott

Category 2

Category 2 members represent:

• Dispersed Recreation - John Ugalde
• Environmental - Ben Veach
• Environmental - Larry Hyslop
• Wild Horse & Burro - Greg Hendricks
• Wild Horse & Burro - Anna Marie Piazza

Category 3

Category 3 members represent:

• Public-at-Large - Ron Keil
• State Agency - Robert Jones
• Tribal - Tanya Reynolds
• Academician - Sherman Swanson